Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3105, William Dudley, N.C.

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N. C.
Dudley William
R. 3105
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Declaration for William Dudley

State of Kentucky, County of Adair, } ss.
On this eighteenth day of November A.D. 1854, personally appeared before the presiding judge of the Adair County Court William Fudie, a resident of Adair County in the State of Kentucky, aged 78 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 1, 1832: That he entered the service of the United States, and served as herein stated: That he was drafted in Wilkes County, in the State of North Carolina, on or about the first day of September A.D. 1778, for the term of six months, as a private in the Militia line, and marched through the County of Bedford to Salisbury, and continued in actual service until about the first day of March, A.D. 1779, when he was honorably discharged; That he does not recollect the names of any American officer in command than that of General Howe; That he was again drafted in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on or about the 10th day of September A.D. 1779, for the term of six months, and continued in actual service, as a private in the Militia line, until about the first day of March, A.D. 1780, when he was honorably discharged; That he was again drafted in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on or about the first day of September, A.D. 1780, for the term of six months, as a private in the Militia troops, and marched to near the confines of North and South Carolina, and placed under command of Colonel Cleveland, and was at the battle of King's Mountain, in October, 1780, and continued in actual service in said war, until about the first day of March, A.D. 1781, when he was honorably discharged.
That from old age and consequent loss of memory, he is unable to state the names of the different officers under whom he served; but that he served eighteen months as a militiaman, in the field, in an embodied corps, called into service by competent authority, in the State of North Carolina, and six months in the Continental line in the State of Virginia; that he enlisted in Hanover County, Virginia, as a private in the Continental line, on or about the tenth day of January A.D. 1782, for the term of six months, and was marched to near Richmond and continued in actual service, in the field, until about the tenth day of July, A.D. 1782, when he was honorably discharged; that for the time during which the service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit; that he has no documentary evidence of his service, except a certificate from the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of North Carolina setting forth the amount of money he received for military service in the Revolutionary war, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.
That he was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, in the year 1700; that he has no record of his age; that he was living in Wilkes County, North Carolina, at the time he was called into the

military service; and in Fauquier County, Virginia, at the time he was enlisted in the Continental Line; that he has lived in Adair County, Kentucky, about sixty years; that from loss of memory he is unable to state the names of any of the regular officers, except those before mentioned, or to particularly describe the country through which he marched; that he received honorable written discharges, but that they were destroyed by fire a few years since. That he refers to James Baccoding and Samuel B. Shield who can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier in the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present; and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State.
Test Jonathan Johnson
William Dudley mark.
And the said Presiding Judge do hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after finding the interrogatories prescribed by the Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states; and that from bodily infirmity he is unable to appear in court.
E. T. Merr. S. J. A. G.
And I further certify that it appears to me that James Baccoding who is referred to in the above is a clergyman residing in Adair County, Kentucky, and that Samuel B. Shield is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
E. T. Merr. S. J.
State of Kentucky Adair County Set.
I Sinclair Wheat Clerk of the Adair County Court do hereby certify that C. H. Willis whose genuine signature appears to the above is and was at the date thereof Presiding Judge of the Adair County Court duly commissioned and sworn according to law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court. Done at Columbia this 4th day of December A. D. 1834.
Sinclair Wheat Clerk by Francis Caldwell Deputy Clerk

(3-223.)
No. 3705
Rev
REJECTED
_____, Ex'r.
Service
OLD WAR INVALID.
William Dudley act 1832 of Ky
P.O.
Service : _____
Enlisted : _____, 18
Discharged : _____, 18
Application filed : _____, 18
Alleges : _____
Re-enlisted : _____
Attorney : _____
P. O. _____

Petition of Mrs Dudley asking for increased pension
April 5. 1860 - Referred Committee on Pension Revolutionary etc 1860 May 18 Bill.
W. C. Anderson

The Undersigned respectfully petitions the Congress of the United States to grant him an increased pension. He was in the war of the Revolution, He refers to the papers transmitted to the committee on Revolutionary Pensions by the Secretary of War.
William Dudley

East Fork, Ky. July 11 th , 1854.
Sir:
Enclosed you will find some affidavits in support of the claim of W m Dudley, of Ky. Hundreds of others of a similar character and from persons who have known him for many years (some of them fifty years) could be furnished but deeming the enclosed sufficient agreeably to your requisition they are respectfully submitted to your consideration.
Report to me at "East Fork, Adair County, Ky."
I am very respectfully, Your obedient Servant, Marion N. Carr.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington

{ State of North Carolina Comptroller's Office
I. William I. Clarke Comptroller of Public accounts in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears of record in my Office among the payments made by said State to sundry persons for Military services in the Revolutionary war as follows, to wit:
"William Dudley".
Book No. 24 Page 7 £50. 22. Specie
A. M. No 16 " 16 £600. 00. currency, no date given
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of Office this the 12th day April
1854.
Wm. Clarke, Compt.

Pension Office, March 31. 1860.
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that it is contrary to the rule of the Department of the interior for papers on file in any of its offices to be withdrawn, but it is not inconsistent with that rule for them to be sent to a Committee of Congress. And as your letter of 29 th inst. informs me that your object in calling for the papers in the pension claim of William Dudley, of Kentucky, Act June 7, 1832, is to lay them before the Committee of "Revolutionary Pensions of the House of Reps, I will transmit them to the Chairman of that Committee as at your request.
Very respectfully, &c. G. W. Whitney Commissioner.
Hon. W. C. Anderson } House of Reps. }

We James Breeding a clergyman, residing in Adair County, Kentucky, and Sam l B. Fields residing in the County and State aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Dudley of this County who is making application for a pension; that we believe him to be 94 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier; and that we concur in that opinion,
James Breeding Sam l B. Fields
Subscribed and sworn to this fourth day of December 1854.
J. M. Vanart
State of Kentucky Adair County Set:
I Sinclair Wheat Clerk of the Adair County Court do hereby certify that D. Judson the whose genuine signature appears to the above is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned & sworn
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 4th day of December 1854.
Sinclair Wheat Clerk By Jennings Caldwell Deputy for said Clerk

West Stock, Aug. Sept 1 st 54
Sir;
Your letter of July 22 nd in referring me to yours of May 19 th 1854 in relation to the claim of W m Dudley for a pension has been received.
In regard to your first objection that Declaration should be made before a Court of Record, I am of that would be sufficient carry him with great difficulty before the Court of this County.
You say if he served in the Continental line evidence of it exists in N. H. The Continental Service was rendered in Virginia - He enlisted there; consequently if any evidence exists any where it is in Va. But I made efforts to obtain this from the Secretary of State without success.
As to his 18 months service in the Militia service you admit that a man of his name did render some Militia Service, but that you have no evidence that this is the man, and that this difficulty must be obviated by the testimony of witnesses who know the fact.
We must be aware that it would be impossible to obtain this evidence at this late day, and to withhold a pension for this would appear very hard.
By reference to the regulations adopted by the Department for carrying into effect the

act of June 14 th 1832, I find that such evidence was not required from militiamen; but traditional evidence not half so strong as that furnished in the case of Dutton was deemed sufficient.
I most ardently desire that this claim may be allowed - not only because I believe it to be a meritorious claim, but on account of the suffering condition of the applicant, who by a fanatical zeal for the welfare of others, has reduced himself to such extreme poverty, that he will probably be placed in the poor house of the County in a few months.
I can produce the affidavit of nearly every officer in the County, and of five hundred private citizens who will swear that they believe him to be a Revolutionary soldier, and that he has been so reputed and believed. Some of whom have known him for half a century.
I sincerely desire to find this declaration in a way that will command your approbation, if it be possible; and if this cannot be done, in a way that you will recommend it to the favorable consideration of Congress at its next session.
I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Marion N. Carr.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.

Clover Hill, Ky. May 11th/52,
Sir:
Enclosed you will find the declaration of Wm Dudley claiming a pension under the acts of May 15th 1828 for six months service in the continental line, and of June 7th 1832, for 18 months service in the Militia line.
Hundreds of witnesses would testify that they believe him to have served as stated and that he had been so reputed for 60 years but the within is deemed sufficient and is respectfully submitted by
Your humble servant, M. N. CARR.
Mr. Dudley had his discharges a few years ago and was often solicited to draw his pension, but having plenty he declined until by emancipating his slaves and other acts of benevolence he has been reduced to want and respectfully begs for the pension to which he is entitled Direct to me at "Clover Hill" M. N. C.
Frej."

No 38,757
Wm Dudley Keating
June 7/1832

State of Kentucky } ss County of Adair }
On this ninth day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty four, before me, a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared William Dudley, aged 94 years, a resident of Adair County in the State of Kentucky, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that he is the identical William Dudley who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war; that he was drafted in Wilkes County in the State of North Carolina, on or about the first day of August A. D. 1779 and continued in actual service in said war for eighteen months, as a private in the Militia line, a portion of the time under command of Colonel Cleveland; that he does not now recollect the names of any other officer under whom he served; that he again entered this service as a soldier in the Continental line and continued in actual service in said line for the term of six months, he thinks in the year 1781, but that these dates may not be exactly correct, but that he was at the battle of King's Mountain in October A. D. 1780, while in the Militia line; and that his service in the Continental line was rendered in the State of Virginia near the close of the war; that he received honorable written discharges from said service which he retained in his possession until within a few years when they were destroyed by fire; that he was in said service will appear by reference to the record herewith presented; that he was discharged by Congress from the Continental line after the first day of January 1781; that he served 18 months in the Militia line and six months in the Continental line, for which he has never received a bounty or pension under any act of Congress or rule of law, nor made any application therefor.

That having a competency he has deemed it unnecessary to make application heretofore, but age and a change of circumstances has rendered it desirable, to obtain the pension to which he is entitled; he therefore makes this application for the purpose of obtaining the pension to which he is entitled under the act of Congress of May 15th 1828 and of June 7th 1832, and requests the same to be paid to Marion N. Carr who is hereby fully authorized to receive and receipt for the same as his Attorney.
William Dudley Seal.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above written. I also certify that I believe said William Dudley to have served as set forth in the foregoing declaration.
John B. Gats, D.P.A.C.
We the undersigned citizens of Adair County in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that we have been well acquainted with William Dudley who signed the above, and that full faith and credit are due his statements on oath; that he has been reputed and generally believed to be a Revolutionary Soldier, and that we have no doubt he served as stated.
J. J. Baker J. E. Baker Solomon Baker

Subscribed and sworn to this ninth day of May 1854 I certify that they are entitled to credit on oath, and that I have no interest in any pension said Dudley may draw. John B. Gates BAc
State of Kentucky } County of Adair } Set
I Sinclair Wheat clerk of the county court for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that John B Gates whose genuine signature appears to the affidavits is and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected Commissioned and qualified according to law; and that his Commission was dated the 24th day of May 1851 and continues until the 1 st day of June 1855
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 9 th day of May 1854 & 62 nd year of the Common wealath
Sinclair Wheat Clk By J. A. Garnett, D.C.

State of Kentucky } County of Adair } Oct. 3
On this the 9th day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty four before me a Justice of the peace within and for the County & State aforesaid. personally appeared William Townsend a resident of Adair County in the State of Kentucky, who is entitled to credit, and being duly sworn according to law, declares he has been well acquainted with Wm. Dudley of Adair County, Ky. for thirty five years, and that he has been represented and generally believed to have been a revolutionary soldier, that full faith and credit are due his statements on oath, and that he has no doubt he served as set forth in his declaration. and that he is not interested in any pension said Dudley may draw W m Townsend (Seal)
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above written.
I certify that I believe the above statements made by Wm. Townsend are true, that I have been well acquainted with Wm Dudley for twenty years, and that said Dudley told me years since that he was entitled to a pension but that he never expected to apply for it. but his situation is such now that he is anxious to get it. I believe his claim to be a just one and ought to be granted. I am not prosecuting the claim of said Dudley and have no interest in any pension he may draw
A. B. Nelson J. P. A. C.

The undersigned citizens of Adair County in the State of Kentucky hereby certify that they are well acquainted with William Dudley of Adair County, Kentucky; that full faith and credit are due his statements on oath; that he has been reputed and generally believed to be a Revolutionary Soldier; that they believe his claim a meritorious one and ought to be granted; and that they have no interest whatever in any pension he may draw.
Jamies Caldwell Clerk Adair Circuit Court
John Payne O. P. Galt
James W. Atkins Willis Wheat
J. G. Rhea
H. H. Swift
James B. Willmore
Subscribed and sworn to this fifth day of June 1854. I certify that they are entitled to credit on oath.
H. G. Atkins J. P. Galt
State of Kentucky Adair County Set:
I Sinclair Wheat Clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that H. G. Atkins Esq. whose genuine signature appears to the above, is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn, and that I am well acquainted with the above-named William Dudley & that full faith & credit are due him on oath, & believe his claim as a just
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed
My Seal this 5 th day of June 1854
Sinclair Wheat Clerk

State of Kentucky County of Adair 3 Set
This day personally appeared before the undersigned justice of the peace within, and for Said County of Adair Zachariah Wheat Judge of the Adair Circuit Court and Eli Wheat Presiding Judge of the Adair County Court and made oath that they have been personally acquainted with William Dudley for of Adair County Kentucky for 27 Years and that full faith and credit are due his Statements on oath, that he has been respected and generally believed to be a revolutionary Soldier that we believe his claim for a pension a meritorious one and just one and ought to be granted
Z. Wheat Circuit Judge Eli Wheat P. J. Me
Adair County Set
This day Z. Wheat Judge of the Adair Circuit Court, & Eli Wheat Presiding Judge of the Adair County Court, each being personally known to me, severally subscribed & swore to the above affidavit & deposition, before me a justice of the peace in & for Adair County in the State of Kentucky. June 14 th 1834
H. J. Atkins J.P.A.C.

State of Kentucky } County of Adair } Oct.
Sinclair Wheat clerk of the County Court for the County afo d . do hereby certify that He G Atkins Esq. whose genuine Signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the date of the same a justice of the Peace within & for said County of Adair duly elected Commissioner & qualified according to law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 15 th day of June 1854
Sinclair Wheat Clerk